Seal



Patented Aug. 17, 1926.

UNITED STA'iTEd EA'lfihl'l @PFICE.

WILLIAM WALTER BUTTER, OE EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA.

Application filed April 5, 1924.

SEAL.

My invention relates to improvements in seals for the sealing of freight or other cars and consists of a metal container in which the sealing strip is securely fastened by means of a spring clip aflixed therein, and once a car is sealed it is impossible to open same Without destroying the seal 1 attain these objects by me ans of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which F 1g. 1 is a sectional view of a locked position.

the seal in Fig. 2 is a top View of the seal.

Fig. spring.

Fig. 4 1s a plan of the seahng 3 is a perspective view of the locking strip.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the various views.

a is the container in which 15 ing spring Z). c is the sealing strip which is of metal and has stamped there tion sealing number. (Z 18 a on the metal ring enters the upper portion of container Serial No. FD-L422.

through opening and presses down the end.

9 of locking spring Z) until said end 9 engages with a hole a in sealing strip 0. The end 9 of locking spring 5 then springs hack and is held in a locked position by the open- 35 ing in the locking spring.

A long openingh is cut in sealing strip 0 on the portion exposed just outside of container, so that if seal is tampered with and broken, the remaining portion of sealing 40 strip cannot be forced in to engage with the locking spring- Z).

V/hat I claim as my invention is A car seal comprising a metal strip having at one end a ring hole and anchoring ring therein and towards the other end a plurality of slots, one for latching and the other for weakening the strip, a spring latch forming part With and extending "from one end of a slotted latch bar in substantially 59 U-shape, and a casing having inlet and outlet strip slots and containing said U-shaped spring latch and latch bar, said spring latch forming in said casing a sealed chamber for the anchoring ring end of said strip and 55 engaging the latter at the other end through the latch slot and locking in said latch bar.

Signed at the city of Edmonton this 7th day of March, 1924:.

= lVILLIAM XVALTER BUTTER. 

